Bluegrass and blues music as well as the aroma of barbecue will fill the air Sunday afternoon at Benicia Museum during its popular fundraiser featuring the bands Sycamore and The Blues Defender, Executive Director Elizabeth d’Huart said. This is the second year the museum has blended music and barbecue. The first edition was “an enormous […]
Benician featured at Vallejo Symphony
Vallejo Symphony’s 82nd season finale Saturday pairs George F. Handel’s spirited “Water Music” with the consoling “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms. It also pairs Benicia’s own bass-baritone, Paul Cheak, with soprano Lauren Woody, originally from Connecticut and now studying with San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald. The two will be singing the vocal […]
Review: Once again, VSO presentation lives up to its promise
THE VALLEJO SYMPHONY INVITED A PAIR OF SPECIAL GUESTS to perform together Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Vallejo. Violinist Franklyn D’Antonio and pianist Miles Graber performed an array of challenging and upbeat short works to what felt like a near-full house in the acoustically superior sanctuary room.